UNIT ONE Public Administration and Management 3
1.1 The Big Questions of Public Management 3
1.2 The Giving of Orders 16
1.3 Urban Governance 22
UNIT TWO International Economic Institutions 35
2.1 International Economic Institutions （1） 35
2.2 International Economic Institutions （2） 48
UNIT THREE Information Technology and E-Government 59
3.1 Broken Windows and Production Targets 59
3.2 Defensible Space：A New Physical Planning Tool for the Urban Revitalization 64
3.3 Desktop Technology in Government 72
3.4 Specialists Are Building Walls to Beat the Hackers 87
UNIT FOUR Regional and Urban Development 97
4.1 The Changing Context of Urban Development 97
4.2 Urban Strategy of Sustainable Cities 106
4.3 Urban Infrastructure and Services 118
4.4 Confronting the Urban Environmental Challenge 128
4.5 Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Agricultural Growth and Sustainability 136
UNIT FIVE Social Security and Community Development 149
5.1 Social Risk Management ：A New Conceptual Framework for Social Protection，and Beyond 149
5.2 Strategies for Improved Social Protection in Asia：Labor Market Policies 162
5.3 Community Development Theory 170
5.4 Characteristics of Community Development 178
UNIT SIX Public Health 191
6.1 The Role of the Hospital in a Changing Environment 191
6.2 Improving the Health and Health Care of Older Americans 202
6.3 Sector Strategy：Health，Nutrition，＆ Population 211
UNTT SEVEN Technology and Education 225
7.1 Today’s Technological Transformations ：Creating the Network Age （1） 225
7.2 Today’s Technological Transformations ：Creating the Network Age （2） 235
7.3 Education in a Changing World 245